From an exploitative point of view, when I'm 400 BB or 200 straddles deep with the biggest spot at the table, especially when I perceive that he's looking to win a big pot against me given our dynamic, I want him to rarely fold any hands preflop when I have the nuts.

Zach and I have never been keen on mixing alcohol and $5/$10, and we had already been pushing those limits in coming straight from a jazz club on Frenchman’s street. Soon, Zach and I were the only people at the table remotely sober aside from the dealer.